Kanuga Conference Center’s summer programs continue with the eighth annual liturgical arts conference, "Holy Works for Holy Places," August 21-26, in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
What began as a conference for church needleworkers now includes weavers, choir singers, choir leaders and—new this year—calligraphers.
The conference draws participants from all over the nation and aims not only to provide instructional sessions but to renew, enrich and inspire each attendee.
As a result, churches in many states take pride in new, repaired, and rescued linens, vestments, kneelers, and liturgical regalia-offerings made by members of the congregation.
Attendees come with all levels of ability and sometimes leave with a completed project or a sampler.
Workshops, taught by some of the best instructors in the nation, include: Sewing Church Linens with Pat Crane; Sacred Calligraphy with Michael Smith; Developing the Volunteer Choral Singer with Christopher Brayne; Intermediate Silk and Metal Thread Embroidery with Marylyn Doyle; Intermediate Canvaswork with Eileen Za; Counted Thread Book Covers with Marion Scoular; Advanced Canvaswork with Sally Boom; and Weaving for a Liturgical Setting with Jane Stickney.
The Rev. Sally Johnston, associate rector at Church of the Holy Comforter in Charlotte, North Carolina, is the conference chaplain and Chris Brayne, director of music and organist, Christ Church, Charlotte, North Carolina will led music and choral class. Marnie Smith, of Columbia, South Carolina, is the conference coordinator and founder.
For registration visit http://www.kanuga.org/conferences/onlineregistration.asp?confref=5124 or call 828.692.9136.
Note: The following titles are available from the Episcopal Book/Resource Center, 815 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017;
800.334.7626; 212.716.6118 or http://www.episcopalbookstore.org/
To Read: A CHANGE OF PASTORS: AND HOW IT AFFECTS CHANGE IN THE CONGREGATION by Loren B. Mead (Herndon, Virginia: The Alban Institute, 2005; 100 pages.)
From the publisher: In this revised edition of Critical Moment of Ministry retitled A Change of Pastors, Mead helps clergy understand the process parish members go through before the new pastor arrives and gives lay members guidance that allows them to take advantage of this fertile time for change in the congregation.
Loren B. Mead, an Episcopal priest, founded the Alban Institute in 1974. Since his retirement as president in 1993, he has continued to consult with congregations, lecture, and write.
To Read: PASTORS IN TRANSITION: Why Clergy Leave Local Church Ministry by Dean R. Hoge and Jacqueline E. Wenger (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2005; 257 pages; $21.00.)
From the publisher: Whether they leave out of preference for another ministry or due to serious conflict, pastors who relinquish parish ministry face misunderstanding and even hostility. Pastors in Transition brings clarity to this little-examined aspect of the pastorate by investigating the main reasons why pastors in five Protestant denominations have left parish ministry.
Dean R. Hoge is professor of sociology at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
Jacqueline E. Wenger is a doctoral candidate and research associate at the Catholic University of America.
To Read: UNVEILING THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES by Amy Lignitz Harken (St. Louis, Missouri: Chalice Press, 2005; 100 pages; $12.99.)
From the publisher: In conversation with the Bible and Sue Monk Kidd's novel The Secret Life of Bees (Penguin, 2003,) Unveiling the Secret Life of Bees explores women's roles, feminine power, and relationships. It looks at the roles of women in the Bible and how those roles are defined or redefined by the characters inThe Secret Life of Bees, expanding our concepts of Divine mother, Earthly mother, sisters, daughters, wives, and the "queen bee."
Amy Lignitz Harken is associate minister at Community Christian Church in Kansas City, Missouri. She holds a M.Div. from the University of Chicago and a B.S.J. from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and has studied fiction writing at the Professional Writing Program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
